A new intermodal link now connects the CT terminal in bayernhafen Nürnberg five times a week to Rotterdam Cobelfret. From Rotterdam, ferries travel on to London, Dublin and Killingholme. In addition to containers, the service also enables the transport of semi-trailers and swap bodies. This new link makes a direct contribution to shifting freight transport from the continental road routes on to the more environmentally friendly transport modes of inland waterway and rail, taking the strain off road systems and reducing CO₂ emissions.

“The new continental rail service is our clear response to the shortages in terms of loading capacity and truck drivers that freight forwarders are currently facing not only on this corridor but across all road freight routes,” says Alexander Ochs, the Managing Director of Kombiverkehr KG. “We design the concepts for our intermodal trains for each region to enable direct transfer to other modes of transportation without the need for detours.”

One of the users of the link from Nuremberg to the UK via Rotterdam is the bayernhafen Roth-based logistics expert Heinloth Transport & Co. KG. “We use this service to address the needs of industry customers, who, in turn, want to reach their customers in the UK,” says Florian Bast, the Chief Operations Officer at Heinloth. “We serve a broad range of sectors, from customers in industry to the chemicals sector.”

The new CT link underscores the importance of closely networking inland ports and seaports. This results in flexible and, at the same time, robust transport chains – a clear advantage in view of the current strain placed on supply chains by Brexit and Corona. “Increasing the density of network connections means better connections for port customers, the shipping industry and the people of Bavaria,” says Joachim Zimmermann, the Chief Executive Officer of bayernhafen. “Through our role as site architects, we open up new routes to all relevant seaports for our partners as well as intensify existing routes. In so doing, we consider neutrality and maintaining a partnership as equals to be of paramount importance.”

Federal Minister of Transport, Andreas Scheuer, and the Bavarian State Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport, Kerstin Schreyer, praise the logistics cooperation partnership in the region: bayernhafen Passau and the DB Cargo subsidiary, TFG Transfracht, expand the freight train network between Passau and the ports on the North Sea. The project originates from an initiative in the Transport Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Passau, 1 February 2021 – Daily freight train services now actively link bayernhafen to the German seaports, providing a commercial boost to import and export-oriented companies located in Lower Bavaria. The initiative for this new, climate-friendly combined transport (CT) link was taken by companies from the region – the CT link operates without the need for subsidies. The train service is operated by the DB Cargo subsidiary, TFG Transfracht, which has led the market in so-called seaport-hinterland container transport for more than 50 years.

The AlbatrossExpress started transporting freight from Passau to the North Sea ports at the beginning of February. The terminus and logistics hub is the terminal at bayernhafen Passau. Primarily containers with automotive components and commercial goods are transported to Lower Bavaria from the north. Exports to the north include products from businesses in Lower Bavaria, including the automotive, regenerative technology and agricultural sectors. The seaports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen and Wilhelmshaven are linked to bayernhafen Passau by environmentally friendly rail services. Reachstackers and a mobile crane, in use since early 2019, are used to handle containers at bayernhafen Passau.

In addition to combined transport, the partners DB Cargo, TFG Transfracht and bayernhafen offer an additional service for wagonload transport.

The idea of establishing Passau as a port-hinterland location was conceived in 2019 in the Transport, Logistics and Infrastructure Expert Committee of the Lower Bavarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).

Nuremberg, 07.11.2018 – The port and logistics regions of Lübeck is moving ever closer to Nuremberg thanks to the new ‘Bavaria Shuttle’ service linking Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states with Bavaria, the Western Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary via Lübeck and Nuremberg.

The new link launched by European Cargo Logistics GmbH (ECL), the investment arm of Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH (LHG), along with new opportunities and greater potential for the port and logistics regions of Lübeck and Nuremberg were presented at a dialogue event held at bayernhafen Nürnberg. High-calibre business contacts from both regions, VIPs from industry and commerce as well as contact partners from port and logistics companies engaged in lively dialogue.

The core themes covered by the keynote speech given by Professor Rudolf Aunkofer of GfK, the German Consumer Research Society, entitled ‘Disruption, platform, network, access – how industry & logistics companies can harness the buzz surrounding the digital economy to tap new markets and generate sustainable revenue growth’ included individualisation as a trend among consumers and in production, the success factors for the digital world, the key role played by logistics and, finally, the appeal, opportunities and potential of the Nordic economic area.

Jörg Ullrich, Managing Director of ECL GmbH and Chairman of the Management Board of logRegio e.V. presented the port and logistic region of Lübeck to the guests from Nuremberg.

The dialog was rounded off with a panel discussion, in which the ‘right recipe’ for the relationship between Nuremberg and Lübeck on the part of the operators and users was clarified. During the following get-together, the guests were able to further refine this recipe in a culinary fashion.

(Luebeck/Nuremberg, 20 September 2018) European Cargo Logistics GmbH (ECL), the investment arm of Luebecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH (LHG), has added another destination to its intermodal network. The terminal of TriCon Container-Terminal Nuernberg GmbH in bayernhafen Nuernberg now connects Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic States to Bavaria, the western Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary.

The first ‘Bavaria Shuttle’ left the intermodal terminal in Travemuende (Baltic Rail Gate) for Bavaria at the end of August. The new train service will initially transport trailers and containers between Luebeck and Nuremberg three times a week via Luebeck. “The new connection opens up a large catchment area for intermodal transport solutions to us. The trains run overnight and are optimally synchronized with the scheduled arrival and departure times of the ferry services in Luebeck,” explains Tobias Behncke, Head of Intermodal at ECL. By the beginning of October, the frequency of departures, which currently stand at three per week, will be increased to daily departures in both directions. ECL expects to shift around seventeen thousand units from road to rail in the first year, thus making a sizeable contribution to reducing CO₂ emissions.

“The ‘Bavaria Shuttle’ transports cranable trailers and containers and offers all the advantages of our ONE STOP SHOP service,” explains ECL Managing Director, Joerg Ullrich, adding: “Freight forwarders get everything they need, when they need it, from a single source – everything from ferry bookings and train bookings through to trucking solutions at the terminals. We have found the perfect partners for this service in TriCon and bayernhafen.”

“The intermodal route between Nuremberg and Luebeck is the main transport route in Central Europe,”
says Alexander Ochs, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Intermodal at bayernhafen as well as Managing Director of the operating company of bayernhafen Nuernberg, Hafen Nuernberg-Roth GmbH. “Goods from the entire Baltic Sea region are now shipped on schedule from Luebeck to bayernhafen Nuernberg – and from there to the whole of Bavaria, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and northern Italy. And it works in exactly the same way in the opposite direction. The new scheduled link between the two supra-regional hubs of Lübeck and Nuremberg directly connects the markets and businesses in northern, central, southern and south-eastern Europe. The ‘Bavaria Shuttle’ is a major pillar of the logistics sector in Europe.”

European Cargo Logistics GmbH
European Cargo Logistics GmbH is the market leader in paper and forest products logistics and has served its customers from its corporate headquarters in Lübeck for over forty years. Together with its branch in Rostock and an office in St. Petersburg, it delivers a wide range of road and rail transport, intermodal transport and forwarding services throughout Europe for all industrial sectors. ECL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH. Read more: www.ecl-online.de.

bayernhafen comprises six locations: Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Roth, Regensburg and Passau. What makes its locations so outstanding is the combination of direct proximity to economically important geographical hubs and efficient linking of the transport routes of inland waterway, rail and road. bayernhafen is an active facilitator in the development of logistics solutions and networks. bayernhafen acts as a ‘site architect’ that develops strategies spanning different companies and locations, invests in high-performance infrastructure, and cooperates closely with the companies settled in the ports to tap new potential for value creation. Its objective is to further strengthen the position of the ports as logistics hubs and as major platforms for the global exchange of goods. Strategic land management ensures a mix of industries from the transport, warehousing, logistics, service provision and production sectors. The operator of the locations of Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Regensburg and Passau is Bayernhafen GmbH & Co. KG. The Chief Executive Officer is Joachim Zimmermann. The Nuremberg and Roth locations are operated by Hafen Nuernberg-Roth GmbH, with an 80% share held by Bayernhafen GmbH & Co. KG, a 19% share held by the City of Nuremberg and a 1% share held by the City of Roth.

Nuremberg, 05 September 2018 – Nuremberg and China take another step closer: The Nuremberg-Chengdu freight train service is now operating twice a week – in both directions. As before, the journey time in one direction takes around 15 days, only half the time it takes by sea. A significant proportion of the 40-foot containers will carry automotive products, both for import and export.

Since October 2015, as part of China’s ‘One Belt – One Road’ initiative, also known as the ‘New Silk Road’, a freight train has been running once a week between the 14-million inhabitant metropolis of Chengdu in western China and bayernhafen Nürnberg, which, along with Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Roth, Regensburg and Passau, is one of the six bayernhafen locations. Now, due to high demand, the operator of the train service, Railport Chengdu, is doubling the weekly frequency: from now on, two trains a week will run in both directions. The journey via Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan to China takes around 15 days.

The new train service will run continuously with a total of forty-one 40-foot containers, remaining the same even after changing between the standard gauge and the Russian broad gauge. No re-marshalling operations are required when changing track, thus making the train service even faster. In Chengdu, the train arrives at the Railport, from where the containers are distributed to destinations all across China – the same applies in the opposite direction.Dr. Michael Fraas, Spokesman on Economic Affairs of the City of Nuremberg, stresses the importance of the Nuremberg metropolitan region as an automotive industry location and the close economic ties with China “Nuremberg is now on the Silk Road! The high level of acceptance of the Nuremberg-Chengdu freight train connection and the doubling of the service frequency will strengthen the status of the trimodal freight transport centre of bayernhafen Nürnberg as the regional hub of the ‘New Silk Road’ for southern Germany and northern Italy. This will enable Nuremberg to act as a bridge and platform for the whole of Bavaria and southern Germany for trade between Europe and China.” During the visit of a Nuremberg commercial delegation to Chengdu in November 2017, Nuremberg’s Spokesman on Economic Affairs, Dr. Michael Fraas, and Chengdu’s Lord Mayor, Luo Qiang, signed a commercial cooperation agreement between the two cities.

“If the economic power of the regions is good, it will also be possible to implement dual traffic over the longer term,” says Alexander Ochs, Managing Director of Hafen Nürnberg-Roth GmbH, the operating company of bayernhafen Nürnberg. “This will give companies throughout the Nuremberg metropolitan region the opportunity to further expand their cooperation with Chinese customers and partners – this will offer customers lasting added value. The second train to Chengdu proves that the concept of the Iron Silk Road is gaining acceptance in Bavaria. Double is better.”